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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Excluding CEO/President level (think VP, senior manager, manager types) at what point does a candidate's age start working against them?[/quote]

Good question. It depends on the role and the company to be honest. I’ve been in old school industries (think commercial and retail banking) where people stay a looonnng time and someone who is say 45 is about the midpoint of the workforce distribution. I’ve also worked in digital marketing where the average age was like 30. And then in F500 the average age might be in the middle say 38, but by 50 the company is packaging people out.

I will say this 
There is no reason to ever put more than 15 years of experience on your resume
There is no reason to put your college graduation date. (1982??!)
[b]There is no reason to still be using Yahoo  email. SMH[/b]
There is no reason to use Times Roman Font 
— when I see a combination of these things on a resume I start thinking ‘This PERSON Has Aged Himself/Herself With This Resume - they are demonstrating by this document that they are not adaptable, will not change. [/quote]

Guilty.  At least it’s not Hotmail?![/quote]

I hate gmail with a passion.  What email is one supposed to use if you hate gmail?[/quote]

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